Experts will discuss how to create and launch gaming products today, test ideas before development begins, and use game mechanics in education.

The meetup will be held at the Lobachevsky Technopark. The program will feature four presentations:

• Yan Shevchenko, Director of Fair Games and GD Forge, will discuss game development in the current market conditions and the typical mistakes teams make at the start.
• Murad Khafizov, CEO of CyberMages and Game Director of AGRONOM, will share his experience transitioning from custom development to creating his own large-scale gaming project: how processes, production pipelines, and requirements for specialists change as the team grows.
• Mikhail Dodonov, GAMES FROM LONDON laureate, XYZ School podcast participant, and member of the KFU 2026 State Academic Examination, will discuss how to use experiments to test game mechanics and validate hypotheses before full-scale development begins.
• Ildar Raymanov, founder of Education Soft and former top manager at BARS Group, will use the "Worlds of Avi" project as an example to demonstrate how game mechanics can work in EdTech and help solve educational problems.

A separate part of the program will be a showcase of student games from Innopolis University. Participants will have the opportunity to test new builds, meet development teams, and provide feedback on their projects.

The meetup will begin on September 4 at 5:45 PM at the Lobachevsky Technopark in Innopolis. Participation is free; advance registration is required.

When: September 4, guests will arrive at 5:45 PM

Where: Innopolis, Lobachevsky Technopark.

Participation is free upon registration.